Drank
Previously only available on draft in the
odd bar, Anthem Cider is now being bottled and sold under its own
slickly designed label. The inaugural release of the new line from Salem
cidery Wander
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Portland places fourth in U.S. Barista Championships

The number of really silly moustaches in Portland increased ten-fold last week as the Specialty Coffee Association of America's annual "Event" and the U.S. Barista Championships came to town.
While sweaty salespeople and momtrepreneurs flogged labeling equipment and smoothie mixes at the SCAA expo, the cool kids were in ...
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The intrepid Aaron Mesh has been hunting down our Mayoral Madness semi-finalists in real life, ambushing them at their places of work with a flip cam and an unquenchable thirst for the truth. You can see his revealing interviews with legal eagle Jody Stahancyk and University of Portland soccer wu...
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Drank
“Sake Fest PDX is next week; you should review some sake,”
said my editor, plonking two bottles from local producer SakeOne on my
desk. The first, a Moonstone Coconut Lemongrass sake, poured t
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Food Reviews & Stories
If I wanted to get rich and famous in
Portland, I’d open an old-timey soda fountain. I’d call it Dr.
Pickwick’s Tonics & Elixirs. I’d fill it with vintage pharmacy
bottles and old pa
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Ladies rassle in white goop: “It’s empowering.”

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Forget mud, vegetable oil and Jell-O. In Pittsburgh, the ladies wrestle in pudding.
Ashley Ryon, the woman who invented the sport, is hoping her particular brand of custard-based chaos will take off
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